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Systemic inflammation modulates Fc receptor expression on microglia during chronic neurodegeneration.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jun 2011
Lunnon Katie, Teeling Jessica L, Tutt Alison L, Cragg Mark S, Glennie Martin J, Perry V Hugh
Abstract excerpt
Chronic neurodegeneration is a major worldwide health problem, and it has been suggested that systemic inflammation can accelerate the onset and progression of clinical symptoms. A possible explanation is that systemic inflammation "switches" the phenotype of microglia from a relatively benign to...
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